Wyandotte Highs Take State Title
Wyandotte High School of Kansas City Kansas won the 1929 20 Kansas state basketball championship, the northeast region’s fourth title in 22 years. The final game aired here Saturday night, with Newton and Topeka earning minor honors in recent repeats. Details note Wyandotte defeated Topeka for the crown as Lawrence and Baldwin earlier claimed regional titles decades ago.
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Topeka
Kans
Wyancotte High
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas High
Wyandotte High
Kansas
Wyandotte
Welling
Southeast Kansas
Burg Despaties
agg.Ft
Pranks in spring training fade as ball players tighten polish
Rookies faced old hazing in early spring camps with sock knots, water-filled laundry bags, and flaming newspapers to amuse veterans. Such stunts are no longer tolerated in the newer, higher standard hotels used during training. A Soviet report notes efforts to fund a massive All Union Palace of Arts as a model for proletarian culture.
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Moscow
APJ
Soviet Union
Primi Carnera May Enter Movie Role as Hercules
Negotiations reported by Primo Carnera manager Leon Lee and promoter William Duffy to have him play Hercules in a Lon Chaney star vehicle. Carnera and a troupe are in Kansas City for a 10 round bout with George Trafion of Chicago. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer representation confirms discussions ongoing.
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Kansas City
Mar
Leon Lee
William Duffy
Primo Carera
Hercules
Lon Chaney
Carnera
Primo
George Trafion
Chicago
Schiller
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Distributing
Girls A A U national basketball tournament opening
About three hundred athletic young ladies from 27 teams gathered in Wichita for the fourth annual Girls A A U national tournament at the Forum. Six games start tonight and continue through the week with the title game Saturday. The Denver Red icats and Rainbows of Canton Ohio lead the field as opening contenders. Sparkman Sparklers bring star Quinnie Hamm noted for 109 points in a single game.
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Wichita
Kan
Denver
Rainbows
Canton
Dallas Sun Oilers
Detroit Centrals
Sparkman
Ark
Sparklers
Lowe Campbells
Kansas City
Wallenstein Raff
Man’s
Sparkman Sparklers
Quinnie Hamm
Miss Hamm
National Catholic Title to De La Salle Quintet
De La Salle high of Chicago won the national Catholic basketball title for 1930, defeating Jasper Indiana academy 25 to 14 in Chicago. The champion team, calm and strong, led a decisive upper-bracket run after beating St Xavier Louisville in the earlier round, as the north central conference frowned on further interscholastic events.
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Chicago
Mar
de la Salle High
de la Salle
Loyola University
Jasper
Ind
Academy
de Las SaHe
coWetes and
Tmge
St. Xavier
Louisville
Riske to prove size vs Campolo in MSG card
Johnny Risko of Cleveland meets Victorio Campolo of Argentina in a ten round feature at Madison Square Garden for a charity show tonight. The New York commission had previously blocked a Risko Campolo pairing, then allowed a Miami bout where Risko led eight of ten rounds in a draw credited by many sports writers. Also notes a local fishing report about Jaedicke catching an eight and a half pound bass at Lake View.
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New York
Johnny Riske
Cleveland
New York State Athletic Commission
Victorio Campolo
Riso
Campolo
Madison Square Garden
New York Commission
Garden
Risko
Miami
Catinolo
Rich McPartland
Baseball Spring News From Several Teams
Reports from Fort Myers and Winter Haven indicate Grover Alexander aims to pitch every fourth day this season. Lefty Grove is forecast to be stronger than last year by Dan Howley. Wes Ferrell and Willis Hudlin boosted Indians with a no hit effort in spring play. Ted Gullic shines in cocoanut league contention while Goose Goslin faces delayed return and disciplinary matters. Joe McCarthy grumbles as Guy Bush struggles in an exhibition loss in Los Angeles.
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Winter Haven
Fla
Grover Alexander
Phillies
Fort Myers
Lefty Grove
Philadelphia Athletics
Dan Howley
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Orlando
New Orleans
Mar
Wes Ferrell
Willis Nollin
Hav
Indians
West Part Beach
Ted Gullic
Ozark Mountaineer
Seague
St. Louis Browns
Buffalo Bisons
Vatety
Los Angeles
Cal
Joe ‘McCarthy
Guy Bush
Angels
Baker University baseball hopefuls rival for roster spots
In Baldwin Kansas Baker University trains ten days for spring ball as forty rookies vie for nine spots on the Wildcats team leading to an April 5 opener at St Marys College The coach Emil Liston has only two returning lettermen to anchor the squad and has signed contracts with Iowa State Kansas Aggies St Marys Haskell Indians Emporia College St Benedicts Rockhurst and University of Wichita Also brief notes from AP report on ocean bacteria in the Pacific and ASME membership reaching 19000.
Sophomores Win Class Track Meet At Haskell
The sophomores won the Haskell Indian inter class track meet Saturday with 43.12 points. Seven teams competed under coach John Levi. Juniors were second with 33, seniors third with 29.5, commercials fourth with 14, Junior College fifth with 11, freshmen sixth with 3, and Papooses last with 1 point.
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John Levi
Commercials
Junior College
Papooses
Growth of Peace Movement Evident in League Records
Geneva reports show increasing use of pacific dispute settlement under the League of Nations. During 1929, 34 new treaties were registered across 25 countries, totaling 180 treaties overall. the United States participated in 20, with many conciliation and arbitration provisions and shifts toward judicial settlement.
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League of Nations
Geneva
Lpartie
United States
Washington
Court of International Justice
Poison gas cures worm riddled Louvre statue
The Art Doctor Fernand Cellerier of the Louvre uses poison gas to treat worm damaged wood statues. He encased the Virgin of Eisenkeim in a metal cylinder and exposed it to a month long gas cure, supposedly suffocating larvae and impregnating the surface to guard against further damage.
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Louvre
Toap
Louvre Museum
Fernand Cellerier
Eisenkeim
Cellerier
Marilyn Miller Engaged to Michael Farmer in New York
New York stage and screen star Marilyn Miller announced her engagement to Michael Farmer, described as wealthy and Irish, born in Dublin. After a visit to New York he left on the Aquitania. No wedding date set. She will go to Hollywood to make a picture then return in fall for musical comedy. Clifton Webb and his mother attended the announcement. Miller's first husband Frank Carter died in an automobile accident ten years ago. She divorced Jack Pick in Paris three years ago.
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New York
Mary
Marilyn Miller
Michael Farmer
Dublin
Miss Miller
Hollywood
Clifton
Webb
Frank Carter
Paris
Jack Pickfor
Mary Pickford
Shanghai Wars on Newsies As Authorities Crack Down
Shanghai authorities crack down on newsboys selling scandal and communist papers. Vendors are fined or jailed as editors avoid offices, papers printed in small shops, with publishers rarely found. Warsaw marks Poland's marksmanship revived by 200 year old contest.
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Shanghai
Marskman
Visit to Torun Sparks Historic Target Challenge
A visitor in Torun was shown a historic target still in place and invited to try. On his first shot he struck the ball's eye at the exact spot where Peter the Great once scored.
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Torun
Peter the Great
Rainfalllight wheat aid forecast for Kansas
Topeka March 24 AP Temperatures to fall tonight with frost likely in eastern Kansas. Light 24 hour rainfall mostly failing to boost wheat, except far northeast. Heaviest halo 1.07 inch in Topeka. Highs near 60 tomorrow, or 68 in Dodge City, lows around 2 at Goodland. Snow in Nebraska Minnesota Dakotas. light rain from Kansas eastward. Meteorologist Flora cautions frost and cool spell.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
Trun Tagat
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Denver
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Flora
Mercury
Dodge City
Goodland
Sheepman Sells 1700 Sheep In Drought Bargain
In Queensland's Mungindi district a sheepman sold 1700 sheep at 3 1a per dozen as drought and feed costs bite. Other local sheepmen envy him. stock losses and high feed costs plague the region amid two years of little rain.
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Brisbane
Australia
Mungindi
Queensland
Villa Eden and area social notes from Elk City
Local column records visits and rides among residents. Mr and Mrs Reed and Mrs Bingley returned to Elk City after visiting J T Huey. William Torneden sawed wood for several neighbors. Crabb helped Harmon saw wood. Mrs Sproull and son visited with Grace Crabb. Eliza Daniels staying with Dollie Hill. Dent and Dent families visited W E Brock. Mrs Finley of Enid died. funeral held. she previously lived in Fall Leaf. Lena Torneden in Lawrence hospital recovering. Cassie Quinlan building six room house south of Denver. M Harbaugh of Linwood doing carpentry. F H Pettengill died in San Bernardino March 9.
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I. E. Reed
W. E. Brock
Eliza Daniels
Dollie Hill
Fred Reetz
H. Dent
DeSoto
Helen Dent
Linwood
Roy Canary
Finley
Enid
Okla
Fall Leaf
Lena Torneden
Lawrence
William Torneden
Arnold Torneden
Cassie Quinlan
Denver
M. Harbaugh
W. E. Pettengill
F. H. Pettengill
San Bernardino
Cal
Pettengill Family Pioneer Ends Kansas Chapter
Obituary of Mr. Pettengill born May 31, 1844 in Maine who moved to Kansas as a child, served in the 9th Kansas Cavalry during the Civil War, married Eliza Allen in Lawrence, raised six children, farmed in Jefferson County and Leavenworth County, later moved to California and finally San Bernardino, survived by widow Eliza and three sons, plus many grandchildren and friends. Also notes social updates including a Dell club meeting attendance, Topeka basketball tournament guests, a home visit from Nan Gaddis, and a wedding shower for a new couple with community well wishes.
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Mr. Pettengill
Maine
Kansas
Douglas County
Vinand
9Th
Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Eliza Allen
Lawrence
Lilian E
Walter E
Charles A. Angie L
William J
Jennie Myrie
Leavenworth County
Linwood
Eliza Pettengill
Charles A
Center, Col
San Bernardino
Cal
Baugher
Dell Club
Lem Sturdy
Kenneth
Melvin Edmonds
Herschell Hemphill
Roy Hoskinson
Nan Gaddis
Ottawa
Jesse Deay
Kate Kelley
Frank
Welcome and Vicinity social and family notices
Joseph Lown is expected to return home from Lawrence Sunday after a hand injury requiring stitches. The Stony Point school played Welcome in basketball, 10 to 4. Numerous local residents hosted visits, meals, and Sunday gatherings in Lawrence and nearby farms, with multiple families moving or visiting others.
Last Week and This Week in Stony Point Neighbors
Stony Point notes list social visits among residents. Will Winters and family visited Albert Winters in Baldwin. Abe Halcome’s family hosted them. Dave Wray Ernest and Owen Flora hosted at High Prairie. Alpha and Esra Davison of Columbia attended. Mary Hale and Myrtle Hale of Kansas City visited Maggie McMullen and Bridget Malone. trips to Kansas City for a funeral. Robert Norment and R Hobbs of High Prairie plus Alva Rockhold visited John Dailey. James Kassinger traveled to Lawrence for a day with Chris Kassinger.
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Joseph Lawn
Lawrence
Tred Lown
Joseph Lown
Stony Point
Will. Winters
M Griffis
Marvin
Fred
Tounday
Walter Hail
Alva Rockhold
Six Corners
Charlie Sipes
Neighborhood
Johnson
Alpha 1
Kansas City
Rachel
Joe Saile
Glen Patterson
Baldwin
Bart Houghland
Ramona
Byron Welkes
Theda
Russell Dean
F.l Rockhold
James O'Brien
Coal Creek
Mavis Raber
Walker Randall
Pratt
Randall
Ethel Winters
Gladys Winters
Fred Winters
Allen
Dorothy
Helen Deal
Kelly Sisters
Leo Jackson
C. L. Dilley
Ralph
John Jackson
Exerton
John Hill
Corwin McPheeters
Jim Jones
Roy Hallmark
Raymond la Duke
Charlie Johnson
Dorothy Jones
Belvoir
Roon
Eudora
Will Winters
Albert Winters
Martin Halcome
Abe Halcome
Wakarusa
Dave Wray
Ernest
Owen Flora
High Prairie
Alpha
Esra Davison
Columbia
William Pumyoy
Claude Garer
Betty Lou
Maggie McMullen
Bridget Malone
Robert Norment
St. Joe
R. Hobbs
John Dailey
James Kassinger
Vinland
Chris Kassinger
Vinland School News Highlights and Events
The Vinland operetta Pioneer's Pa Poose will be staged at the high school on April 11 by the boys and girls glee clubs. Grade school students will perform two short operettas on April 4. The Freshman and Sophomores held a picnic at the Hole in the Rock. The junior play The Rebellion of Mrs Marclay is set for March 26 in the high school. The annual grade school tournament is March 28 featuring a poster contest and extemporaneous speeches. Debating teams won the Bronze Shield in the District B tourney and met Paola at Baldwin.
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Carpenter
Topeka
Dorothy Jones
Lawrence
Kansas City
Marclay
Mise
Windett
Quenemo
Paola
Baldwin
Baker University
Local social notes and club meetings across Vinland and Big Springs
Community news records Friday visits and bride gifts at Lam Sturdy's, a hospital admission for Mrs. Guy Love, a Sunday drive to Eskridge, and new farm relocation. Local clubs including Coleman Dell, Big Springs W C T U, and the Big Springs Dramatic Club announce meetings, programs, and rehearsals with numerous attendees and hostesses named.
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Grace Hiatt
Claude Davault
W Ville
Lam Sturdy’s
Jesse Deay
Vinland
Elly Belvoir
Ernest Gerstinburger
Eudora
Guy Love
Love
McConnell Hospital
Virgil Hird
W. A. McPheeters
Eskridge
Kan
ePhere
Alice McPheetersters
Smith Leonard
Bertha Lucas
Georgie Lucas
Wilda J Lucas
Robert Randel
Don
Ruth Randel
Hill
Randel
Walter Kennedy
Nelson Olmstead
G Sturdy
Gilbert Morten
Misa Velma Deay
Ossinger
Anna Andrews
Wilson Counts
Mary Sturdy
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Goose) Goslin
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American Whole Grocery Association
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Thomas Slavens
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Elizabeth Bahnmaier
Richardson
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Cora French
Ben Kellogg
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1Ley M . Lancaster
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J. H. Dreyer
George J. Glenn
J. F. Wright
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R. F. Buck
H.C. Swadley
G. W Cashman
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